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decidedly variegated with yellowish white. This has been 
tested for three years. As many foreign Perns are dappled 
with green and white, it is not surprising that this locality 
should have a Prickly Pern of this character likewise. M. 
15. Puncturing A. P. Fungens, This Pern is peculiarly 
soft and papery in its texture. The frond is lance-shaped. 
The leaflets close to the mid-stem are oblong, with a 
conspicuous little ear or auricle. They are also remarkable 
for the teeth, which are very regularly placed and, like a 
saw, rise upward most distinctly, having a single spine and 
sometimes two at the point. The leaflets in the higher part 
of the pinnae are much narrower and linear. Such is the 
case sometimes with all the leaflets in the frond. The 
regularity of the saw-like teeth, with their bristly apex, and 
the soft foliage, are the leading characteristics of this variety. 
The mid-stem is hairy and the frond six to eight inches high. 
Musbury. 
16. Shell-leaved A. P. Conchatum. This is another new 
variety, to which 
a name has been 
kindly given by 
Mr. Moore. In 
consequence of the ^ ® 
leaflets being bent down and their peculiar form, they, 
if viewed from behind, appear to have some resemblance 
to a mussel shell. The frond is lance-shaped, the leaflets 
and pinnse are distant from each other. The pinnsc are 
opposite at the base, alternate upwards. In very few 
cases is the auricle apparent. The mid-stem has light- 
coloured scales and is slender, flexuous, and drooping. 
Should any be fortunate enough to find this plant, it would 
be easily known by the bent-down edges of the spatula- 
shaped leaflets, their shell-like appearance, and the lax 
character of the whole Pern. M. Hawkchurch. 
17. Wollaston’s Proliferous A. P. Froliferum^ TFbZZ- 
astonL This is decidedly the most striking and beautiful 
of the Angular Prickly Perns. The frond is lance-shaped, 
tripinnate, and has its mid-stem densely covered with 
scales. The leaflets of this plant are very narrow, and 
sub-divided into other little distinct leaves, which may 
